Becoming a Course Co-ordinator

Well, finally I got to have the meeting where I was assigned to be the new course co-ordinator for the HND in Interactive Media. Initially, I was not sure what to expect but I had a few ideas of what I thought I should do with this new charge. I even got to meet most of the team involved and to my joy each one of them was 'singing from the same hymn sheet'. Each member of the team wanted to develop the course in a way that gave them each more time to work with the students in greater blocks of time that were connected. 

I have been assigned to work with the students all day Monday. This will give me the opportunity to develop some projects for the students so they can gain more industrial experience. Last November I got a project set up with the second year National Diploma students where, in one day a five minute drama and a eleven minute documentary were shot at the same time. Several weeks of planning by the students went into this and the pay off was that the group worked as a team, surprising themselves of how efficient they worked together.

Having spoken with my colleagues who teach on the HND they seemed pleased about the direction the course is going to take and I am looking forward to working with them. What I feel has happened is that my positive attitude going into 2009 is already beginning to pay off. When I have some finished video I will up load it here. But for the time being, what a great day it has been.